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Posted on 04. Mar, 2010 by B3.

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The Grade Debate

Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by B3.

Daniel Woods ascent of Desperanza V15 has once again brought the grade debate to the forefront. Daniel is incredible shape right now and posted a great article on his reasoning for calling the line V15 here.
David Graham responded to Daniel’s send on this site with this comment:
I think this boulder being graded [...]

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Guidebook Update

Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by B3.

Monday Fred Knapp and I drove to Idaho Springs to meet with a ranger from Mt. Evans Wilderness to discuss the possibility of a guidebook. The ranger was open, honest, friendly and sincere. Here are the highlights from our discussion.
He was very excited that we had taken the time to meet with him [...]

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Daniel Woods Rampage Continues

Posted on 01. Mar, 2010 by B3.

Daniel Woods has continued his tear, climbing Esperanza V14 from the back of the cave to create Desperanza V15. This adds a V7 into the start. In the last month Daniel has climbed:
Terremer, Hueco Tanks, V15 for its third ascent.
The Game, Boulder Canyon, V16 First Ascent
Desperanza, Hueco Tanks V15 First Ascent
not to mention his [...]

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CORE Trailer

Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by B3.

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The Open Sky Project

Posted on 25. Feb, 2010 by B3.

A while back I posted about my involvement with The Open Sky Project. Basically this is a link to a place where you can purchase bouldering products that I endorse. Right now it is mostly E-grips climbing holds (E-Grips has been one of my sponsors for several years) and some other things as well. [...]

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The Smithsonian

Posted on 20. Feb, 2010 by B3.

I took some time out from the competition to see the sights in Washington DC and couldn’t help but smile when walking through the geology section of the Smithsonian when I saw this:

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Ambrosia 2nd Ascent

Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by B3.

Alex Honnold has made the second ascent of Ambrosia, Kevin Jorgeson’s huge highball/free-solo at the Buttermilks in Bishop.

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The Game

Posted on 15. Feb, 2010 by B3.

Here is a quick clip of Daniel Woods’ new problem The Game V16, in Boulder Canyon.

The Game, World’s Hardest Boulder Problem? from Cedar Wright on Vimeo.

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Final Results

Posted on 14. Feb, 2010 by B3.

Women
1. Alex Puccio
2. Alex Johnson
3. Fracesca Metcalf
Men
1. Daniel Woods
2. Matt Bosley
3. Rob D’Anastasio
Well the Twitter experiment almost worked, and unfortunately they shut me out from too many posts. It was an AMAZING comp., highlighted by Alex Johnson’s dramatic send of Women’s 3, Alex Puccio’s last-climber-out send of Women’s 4. On the Men’s side [...]

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